03-13-2016, 01:31 PM
They changed the Kasenite formula - certainly for what is sold here in the UK, as it originally contained various cyanide compounds as enhancers.
The new stuff is not a sticky as the old. You used to be able to heat a part to red heat, dip it in the tin, bring it out covered in a nice coating and re-heat with a torch. The new stuff stays powdery and blows away with the torch :(
Doesn't matter if boxed like Tom did it.
I'm intrigued whether it's got the name Case Hardening as it makes a hard 'case' around the part, or from the box (case) that it was originally done in, in a Furness.
The new stuff is not a sticky as the old. You used to be able to heat a part to red heat, dip it in the tin, bring it out covered in a nice coating and re-heat with a torch. The new stuff stays powdery and blows away with the torch :(
Doesn't matter if boxed like Tom did it.
I'm intrigued whether it's got the name Case Hardening as it makes a hard 'case' around the part, or from the box (case) that it was originally done in, in a Furness.
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